Gate-opener.



PATBNTED DEG. 4, 1906.

E T MORRIS GATE OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED' mms. 1906.

lJEH? WMM-Moes PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906. E. T. MORRIS.

GATE OPENER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 5, 1906.

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dUNITED STATES PATENT ornron.,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed June 5,1906.v Serial No. 320,269.

vemently operated by an approaching or re@ tiring traveler Without thenecessity of alighting from the vehicle.

Another object is to provide a construction whereby the operation ofraising the latch and swinging the gate open or closed is madecontinuous and by a single movement of the operator.

With these objects in view I will now describe my improved construction,reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of the gate. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly insection. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4. gig. 4is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of I represents the gate madeup, preferably, of the metal tubing' 2, connected by the elbow-joints 3.

4 is a central longitudinal member also of metal tubing, and 5represents tension-rods extending diagonally from opposite corners ofthe gate-frame and adjustable by means of the turnbuckles 6.

7 is the latch-post carrying the keeper 8, and 9 is the main gate-post.

1() is the metal-supporting bar, attached to the post 9 by means ofbolts 11 and having a plurality of slots 12 therein.

13 is a collar slidably mounted on the bar 10 and provided with theextensions 14., adapted to embrace the upright 2 of the gateframe and berigidly secured thereto by means of the bolt 15.

16 is a second collar slidably mounted on the bar 10 below the collar 13and provided with the pivotally-mounted pin 17, adapted to enter any oneof the slots 12 in the bar 10, for a purpose hereinafter described.

The gate is connected to the bar 10 at its upper end by means of theplate 18, slidably mounted on the bar l0 and secured to the gate-frameby any suitable means.

19 is a latch-box, and 2O is a lever pivot* ally mounted therein andconnected at its lower end to the latch 21, Working in the bar 4 of thegate-frame.

22 is a sleeve mounted on the upper end of the supporting-bar 10, and 23is a plate integral with said sleeve. rests upon the connecting-plate 18and is provided at its free end with a V-shaped recess 24, registeringabove the slot 25 in the plate 18, through which the upper end of thelever 20 projects.

26 and 27 are arms extending from the sleeve 22 and connected to thecords 28, 29, 30, and 31.

32 represents supporting-arms, provided with rollers 33, carrying thecords 28, 29, 30, and 31, and 34 represents handles upon the ends of thesaid cords for the use of the op erator.

The operation of my device is as follows: The traveler upon nearing thegate (from one direction) will lean from the vehicle and pull the handle34 of the cord 28 to open the same. The sleeve 22 being thus actuated bythe arm 26 will turn the plate 23. The slanting inner face of the slot24 will bear against the lever 2() and push it forward to pull the latch2l from the keeper 8, and by a continued pull the gate will swing open.After he is through the gate he will pull the cord 30 to close it, theoperation being the same as previously described except that the gate isactuated in a reverse direction. Should the traveler approach from theopposite direction from that described, he will pull the cord 31 to openthe gate and after passing through pull the cord 29 to close the same.

It will be seen that I also provide means for raising and lowering thegate-frame, and should this be necessary all that is needful is to holdthe frame at the desired height and to slidethe collar 16 until the pin17 enters the corresponding one of the slots 12, and the gate willremain at that height, although the operation of opening and closingwill be same as before.

I also provide that the latch may be operated manually, in case theoperator is in such a position that the automatic means areinconvenient, by means of the handle 35, attached to the latch 21 andworking in the slot 36 of. the longitudinal member 4:.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device ofthecharacter described, a sliding latch, a pivotally-mounted lever con- Theplate 23 normally IOO nected at its loWer end to said latch, a mov- Iable plate having a-V-shaped recess in one end in Which the free end ofsaid lever rests and means for moving said plate to bear against saidlever and draw said latch, substantially as described.

2. In a device ofthe character described, a gate-frame composed of metaltubing, a pintle-rod, a sliding latch, a pivoted lever connected at oneend to said latch, a movable plate having a V-shaped slot in one endengaging the free end of said lever, and means for moving said plate todraw said latch and open said gate, substantially as described.

3. In a device ofthe character described, the combination With agate-frame composed said plate to draW said latch and open said' gate,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

i EDGAR T. MORRIS.

Witnesses;

SIGNA FELTsKoG, I-I. G. BAToHELoR.

